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Congress invokes powers to challenge Trump on war in Yemen
AP ^ | 4/4/2019 | SUSANNAH GEORGE

Posted on 04/04/2019 6:16:50 PM PDT by KTM rider

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To: Pravious
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif stated.....“For the last 2 years, we have been assisting the Saudis in bombing “.....

Wrong! We've been doing that since clear back under Obama...the fact it's the Dems out of California behind this evidences yet again California Demorats are on role to go after President Trump.

Keep your eyes open for a lot of this against Trump is coming from the California Demorats ‘Resistance’ under their Attorney General who leads it.

21 posted on 04/04/2019 9:56:22 PM PDT by caww
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To: Mariner

No they aren’t..... this is a proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia Iran should not have control of Yemen ever! Further we only provide aircraft for refueling services as well as other logistical support in the Yemen conflict — but no troops on the ground.


22 posted on 04/04/2019 10:00:20 PM PDT by caww
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To: KTM rider

For the history challenged the first US president to be involved in a Saudi - Yemen conflict was JFK.


23 posted on 04/04/2019 10:10:19 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: KTM rider

Look for Iranian bribes behind this.


24 posted on 04/04/2019 10:15:33 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Republican Wildcat
When this stated Saudi Arabia and US wern't the only ones fighting Iran there....Fighter jets and ground forces from Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Sudan, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and Academi (formerly Blackwater) were part of the coalition there.
25 posted on 04/04/2019 10:23:40 PM PDT by caww
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To: caww

naive. We have already lost servicemen in Yemen. That is only what they have reported. ST6 member Ryan Owens is but one example, as have some unreported. We have been launching raids and other things behind the scenes without Congressional approval. Obama, Trump, it doesn’t matter. Having a Pres conducting War without a declaration isn’t cool. Saudi Arabia can spend their blood and treasure to protect the ME. We have shed enough.


26 posted on 04/04/2019 11:15:19 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: KTM rider

Rejecting a plank of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, the [pro-Iranian] House on Thursday invoked never-before-used powers to demand that his administration withdraw support from the Saudi-[Iran] war in Yemen [in order to assist Hezbollah and the Iranian regime. ]


27 posted on 04/04/2019 11:25:19 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: caww

Trump prefers Saudi over Iran in control of the Red Sea. So do I, although I don’t trust them


28 posted on 04/04/2019 11:32:24 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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To: caww

There are a LOT of Iranians in California.

Remember, Obama donor Nemazee wasn’t just bilking Citibank to fund Obama, he was a big donor to a lot of Democrats.


29 posted on 04/04/2019 11:52:19 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: Delta 21

The same AQ terrorists also tried to take out the USS The Sullivans there earlier, on 3 January 2000, using a Hezbollah-designed bomb as part of the same Milliennium plot that was aimed at LAX airport, the Space Needle, Disneyland, and a Radisson hotel and two Christian sites in Jordan.


30 posted on 04/05/2019 12:06:39 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: KTM rider

UPI Archives May 20, 2001
USS Cole update: Hezbollah built bomb
By RICHARD SALE, Terrorism Correspondent
https://www.upi.com/Archives/2001/05/20/USS-Cole-update-Hezbollah-built-bomb/3089990331200/


31 posted on 04/05/2019 12:12:56 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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California and New York are all about transforming all the rest of the states into their image.....which includes all peoples from every nation across the world into the USA.

They view themselves as the “Leaders” over our duly elected officials in Washington. Which is why they were so undone after Trumps win.....it haulted their efforts to take this nation where they wanted it to go. and also why the key heavy hitters against Trump were positioned/elected/appointed to lead their ‘Resistance” who we now see are exposed.....and they are out of Ca. and NY.


32 posted on 04/05/2019 12:21:16 AM PDT by caww
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To: KTM rider

Meanwhile, Sudan, which also has had a hand in Yemen, is staying all cuddly with Russia which is deeply interested in massive gold deposits found in the region in 2015 and in building a refinery in S. Sudan... and is looking for a place to base its navy to keep a toe in the Red Sea.


33 posted on 04/05/2019 12:31:49 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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To: KTM rider; caww

Precisely. This is an Iran-Saudi proxy war.


34 posted on 04/05/2019 3:46:07 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

An acquaintance some years ago was an armor officer in the early 1990s. He was an advisor to a Saudi brigade equipped with Cadillac Gage armored cars. He sustained wounds in a border clash with Yemeni T-72s in that era.


35 posted on 04/05/2019 3:53:00 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: KTM rider

They are following the correct process.


36 posted on 04/05/2019 4:06:53 AM PDT by jimfree (My18 y/o granddaughter continues to have more quality exec experience than an 8 year Obama.)
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To: elpadre

“Congressional Democrats are such schmucks!!”

They are not schmucks. They know exactly what they are doing. It’s the idiots that vote for them who are the schmucks.


37 posted on 04/05/2019 4:24:38 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump is the best project/program/portfolio manager in the world!!!!)
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To: xzins

It doesn’t matter of there’s zero, in fact it only proves the point even further that Saudi Arabia is so useless that the US had to do everything on the back end for them if we’re to believe the warhawks.


38 posted on 04/05/2019 4:34:28 AM PDT by Shadow44
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To: caww

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Yakla

What is the strategic US interest in Yemen? To prevent one raghead from deposing a different raghead?


39 posted on 04/05/2019 5:49:23 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: xzins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_on_Yakla

What is the strategic US interest in Yemen?

Yes, Saudi has a strategic interest.

But I contend the US does not.


40 posted on 04/05/2019 5:51:39 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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